Give me a minute

Meeting Shane and Ryland | Chapter 1

~~Grace's POV~~

"GRACE GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE!" My foster 'mom' Amanda yelled from down the stairs.

I rolled my eyes and closed my laptop which was currently playing random youtube videos I was watching. I walked out of my room and down the stairs to see Amanda with her arms crossed over his chest looking at me.

"Grace you didn't do the dishes like I asked." She complained.

"Yes I did Amanda!" I argued walking over and seeing a singular knife in the sink.

"Do you not see the knife in the sink you dumbass." She yelled at me smacking me up side the head.

"It wasn't there when I finished the dishes." I defended.

"I don't care! You are so fucking dumb just clean it!" She yelled walking into the living room to watch TV.

I sighed and began to clean the singular knife in the sink and put it back where it belonged. I went back upstairs and decided that I would use my time to watch Jeffree Star. He was my favorite youtuber at the moment. I always felt like he would be so much fun to hang out with.

As I watched some makeup review videos I heard the doorbell ring.

"GRACE GET THE DOOR!" Amanda yelled.

I rolled my eyes and walked down the stairs. I reached the door and saw Mrs. Smith at the door. She was my social worker.

"Hi Grace!" She said in her usual high pitched tone.

I saw out of the corner of my eye Amanda jump up from her spot on the couch and ran over to say hello to Mrs. Smith.

"Hi! Mrs. Smith! I wasn't expecting a visit from you today!" She said trying to fix her hair and outfit.

"I see. Um well I just came by to say that I need to steal Grace for a couple hours." She said looking at me with happy eyes.

"Oh yeah! Go for it!" She replied giving me a fake smile.

"When can we leave?" I asked her eagerly.

"Now! Just hop in my car!" She said.

I left without even saying bye to Amanda. I buckled myself in the passenger seat. Finally Mrs. Smith reached the car and began to drive.

"So what are we doing?" I asked her.

"Well, there is a couple who is actually interested in adopting you." She said way too nonchalantly.

"What?!?! Adopt me?" I asked her.

"Yep! We are going to have a meeting with them and set a court date!" She said with a smile.

"Cool." I said looking down at my phone and texting my sister Hope about it all.

Hope and I were twins and unfortunately could not stay together. She was adopted by a nice family when we were 8 years old. We still keep in touch through text though so it's good. We plan to see each other soon.

"Hello earth to Grace! We are here!" Mrs. Smith called out waving a hand in front of my face.

"Oh sorry! I'm coming!" I said unbuckling. I shoved my phone into my jean back pocket. We walked into the office and when we walked in I was put in her personal office while we waited for the couple.

I wonder what it will be like to have an actual mom and dad finally. I can't wait. I took out my phone and opened my notes app. I started to write down all the feelings I was feeling. I wrote and wrote until I heard three voices approaching and the door opened. I spinned around in my chair and saw them. It was two men. I smiled widely and they smiled back.

"Hi Grace! I'm Ryland! This is Shane." The shorter man with brown hair said reaching out to shake my hand.

"Hi it's nice to meet you." I said hesitantly shaking his hand.

We all sat down and Mrs. Smith began talking about me and stuff and I kinda tuned her out. I have been to plenty of these meetings before. They are "interested" and then it never goes anywhere. No one wants a kid who is 12. They aren't cute.

"Grace. Hello?" Mrs. Smith calls out.

I jump a little and look at them. They were looking at me as if they were waiting for me to answer a question.

"Sorry! What?" I asked.

"Would you like to set a court date?" Mrs. Smith asked.

"Wait, you actually want to set a court date?" I asked them.

"Of course. After everything that Mrs. Smith has told us you seem like a perfect fit for our family." Ryland said with a small smile.

"Wow. This has... never happened to me before." I said, tears welling up in my eyes.

"Well honey it's happening." Shane joked.

I giggled at his joke. For the first time I smiled a genuine smile.

"Your smile is so beautiful!" Ryland exclaimed.

"Really? Everyone at school calls me metal mouth." I laughed.

"I think you are adorable." He added.

"C-can I give you both hugs?" I asked shyly.

"Oh Honey of course you can!" Ryland said.

Shane and Ryland stood up and I ran over and hugged them tightly.

"Well Grace we will see you at the court house! Oh before we leave, do you have a nickname you prefer or do you just like to be called Grace?" Shane asked with a smile.

"Oh, I like Grace but my friends and other people also call me Gracie." I replied.

He nodded and then they said their goodbyes. I looked at Mrs. Smith who was finishing some paper work. She looked up at me and gave a small smile.

"Okay, I am ready to take you home. Make sure you start packing because the court date is next week ok?" She said getting up from her office chair and grabbing her keys.

"Ok." I mumbled as I looked down at my phone.

I remembered Shane mentioning that him and Ryland did youtube so I went to find them so I could watch their videos when I got home.

I got into Mrs. Smith's car and we made the journey back to Amanda's house. I hated it there so I was so glad to be going to a new home. I genuinely was so excited. The vibe they gave off just gave me a weird sense of peace.

Once we arrived at Amanda's, Mrs. Smith walked me to the door so she could explain everything to Amanda but I went straight up to my room and started to watch Shane and Ryland's videos. I alternated from each channel as I finished a video. That's what I did with my night.